[
US
/ˈɪnsəɫən/
]
[ UK /ˈɪnsuːlˌɪn/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnsuːlˌɪn/ ]
NOUN
- hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
How To Use insulin In A Sentence
- Low blood sugar - a level below about 60 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) - results from too much insulin and not enough sugar in your blood.
- An asylum seeker with insulin dependent diabetes has recently had her claim for asylum rejected.
- If the cells or islets were not synchronized we would observe a flat, averaged signal even though the single cells and islets released insulin in pulses.
- They were focally positive for gastrin, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide but tested negative for glucagon, serotonin, insulin, and inhibin.
- The combination of an insulin secretagogue and an insulin sensitizer addresses both processes.
- A report recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggested that smoking increased the risk of developing non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus by more than three times.
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- Severe lipaemia in an undiagnosed diabetic will usually resolve with the institution of insulin therapy and effective diabetic control.
- Charles rushes to his daughter's bedroom and expertly jabs her with the insulin syringe.
- Insulin coma received widespread backing from the psychiatric profession, but after decades of use was exposed as worthless.